IPWA was founded on October 17, 2001 by Gery Roif and ran a few exhibition matches on national TV before holding the initial Summer Splash event in summer 2002.[1] Roif was crowned its first champion after defeating Texas Wrestling Academy graduate Joey "The MOALM" Tylec in a televised match in the summer of 2003.[2]
Subsequently, the IPWA gained a fair amount of recognition worldwide;[where?] toward the end of 2003 Total Wrestling magazine[who?] started publishing its rankings on a monthly basis. Summer Splash 3 in 2004 featured FWA star Aviv Maayan making a one-night appearance to team up with Hawaii Allen and take on Jumping Lee and Yossi The Bull with Joey Tylec finally defeating Gery Roif to win the IPWA title.
In 2005 almost the entire IPWA roster starred in a wrestling/social satire sitcom series "Makkat Medina" ("The Land Under Attack"), gaining further recognition in Israel. Both Kevin Von Erich and Bret Hart visited the crew during taping. In the beginning of 2006, the IPWA Wrestlenovella event was aired on The Wrestling Channel. In June 2009, the promotion had an event that got aired on the local Ego Total channel under the title of Israeli Wrestling. In the summer of 2011 Rabbi Swissa defeated Israel's Survivor reality show winner, Nathan Bashevkin.
In 2011 the promotion ran a series of monthly events, from "Makat Shemesh" at June to "Makot Besukut" at November.
On August 16, 2012 Tatanka main evented the Wrestling Super Show as he defeated Rabbi Swissa to win the IPWA Heavyweight Championship. Two months later the match was shown on Israeli sport channel ONE.
On 26 August 2019, IPWA put on their second return event, IPWA Wrestling Party. It was held at Berale in Lehavot Haviva and drew approximately 80 people.
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Hadar Horovitz and Guy Landau defeated The Leopards (The Black Leopard and The White Leopard)
On 15 December 2019, IPWA put on their third return event, IPWA Cinema City Wrestling. It was held at Cinema City in Ramat Hasharon and drew over 300 people.
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Tal Bar On defeated Shay Blanco, Black Leopard, Ori Gold, Amit Magnezi
From the IPWA Heavyweight Championship's inception in 2003,[9] there have been thirteen different title holders, combining for eighteen championship reigns.[10]
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Israeli Pro Wrestling Association is an independent wrestling promotion operating from Israel Israeli Pro Wrestling AssociationAcronymIPWAFounded2001 school 2003 first professional event StyleTechnical wrestlingHeadquartersNetanya IsraelFounder s Gery RoifOwner s Gery Roif 2001 WebsiteIPWA WRESTLING COM Contents 1 History 2 IPWA special events 2 1 IPWA Passover Bash 2 2 IPWA Wrestling Party 2 3 IPWA at Cinema City 3 Roster 3 1 Last known roster 3 2 Alumni 4 IPWA Heavyweight Championship 4 1 Reigns 4 2 Combined reigns 5 See also 6 References 7 External linksHistory editIPWA was founded on October 17 2001 by Gery Roif and ran a few exhibition matches on national TV before holding the initial Summer Splash event in summer 2002 1 Roif was crowned its first champion after defeating Texas Wrestling Academy graduate Joey The MOALM Tylec in a televised match in the summer of 2003 2 Subsequently the IPWA gained a fair amount of recognition worldwide where toward the end of 2003 Total Wrestling magazine who started publishing its rankings on a monthly basis Summer Splash 3 in 2004 featured FWA star Aviv Maayan making a one night appearance to team up with Hawaii Allen and take on Jumping Lee and Yossi The Bull with Joey Tylec finally defeating Gery Roif to win the IPWA title In 2005 almost the entire IPWA roster starred in a wrestling social satire sitcom series Makkat Medina The Land Under Attack gaining further recognition in Israel Both Kevin Von Erich and Bret Hart visited the crew during taping In the beginning of 2006 the IPWA Wrestlenovella event was aired on The Wrestling Channel In June 2009 the promotion had an event that got aired on the local Ego Total channel under the title of Israeli Wrestling In the summer of 2011 Rabbi Swissa defeated Israel s Survivor reality show winner Nathan Bashevkin In 2011 the promotion ran a series of monthly events from Makat Shemesh at June to Makot Besukut at November On August 16 2012 Tatanka main evented the Wrestling Super Show as he defeated Rabbi Swissa to win the IPWA Heavyweight Championship Two months later the match was shown on Israeli sport channel ONE On April 19 2014 former two time WWE Cruiserweight champion and two time ECW Tag Team champion Little Guido defeated Rabbi Swissa in IPWA s traditional Passover Bash which was the last show of the promotion In April 2019 however IPWA returned with an additional Passover Bash event 3 which featured Jay Lethal against David Starr 4 Originally Lethal was scheduled to defend the ROH World Championship against Starr but Lethal lost the title to Matt Taven in a Three way ladder match which included Marty Scurll as well at G1 Supercard event on April 6 2019 5 6 The card also featured Gery Roif defending the IPWA Heavyweight Championship against Matt Sydal 7 IPWA special events editThe IPWA events feature professional wrestling matches that involve different wrestlers from pre existing scripted feuds and storylines Wrestlers portrayed villains heroes or less distinguishable characters in the scripted events that built tension and culminated in a wrestling match or series of matches 8 IPWA Passover Bash edit IPWA Passover BashPromotionIsraeli Pro Wrestling AssociationDate21 April 2019CityLehavot HavivaVenueBeraleAttendance200IPWA chronology Previous Next IPWA Wrestling PartyOn 21 April 2019 IPWA put on their return event IPWA Passover Bash It was held at Berale in Lehavot Haviva and drew 200 people No ResultsStipulationsTimes1Lior Libman defeated Shay BlancoSingles match 2Max Havok defeated Hadar HorovitzSingles match 3Yuval Goldshmit defeated The Black Leopard and Idan BoulderTriple threat match 4Ariel Mor and Landau defeated Tal Bar On and Idan DaganTag team match 5Matt Sydal defeated Rabbi Swissa c Singles match for the IPWA Heavyweight Championship 6Jay Lethal defeated David StarrSingles match25 18 c the champion s heading into the match IPWA Wrestling Party edit IPWA Wrestling PartyPromotionIsraeli Pro Wrestling AssociationDate26 August 2019CityLehavot HavivaVenueBeraleAttendance 80IPWA chronology PreviousIPWA Passover Bash Next IPWA Cinema City WrestlingOn 26 August 2019 IPWA put on their second return event IPWA Wrestling Party It was held at Berale in Lehavot Haviva and drew approximately 80 people No ResultsStipulationsTimes1Hadar Horovitz and Guy Landau defeated The Leopards The Black Leopard and The White Leopard Tag team match15 172Idan Boulder defeated Ori Avram with Amit Magnezi Singles match6 093Yuval Goldshmit defeated Rixon RuasSingles match6 454Shay Blanco defeated Lior LibmanNo disqualification match14 145Gaya Glass defeated Nadia SapphireSingles match4 556Rabbi Swissa defeated Tye CloddSingles match9 477Yuval Goldshmit won by last eliminating The Black Leopard21 man Battle royal match to determine the 1 contender to the IPWA Heavyweight Championship30 528Matt Sydal c defeated Yuval GoldshmitSingles match for the IPWA Heavyweight Championship16 41 c the champion s heading into the match IPWA at Cinema City edit IPWA Cinema City WrestlingPromotionIsraeli Pro Wrestling AssociationDate15 December 2019CityRamat HasharonVenueCinema CityAttendance300IPWA chronology PreviousIPWA Wrestling Party Next On 15 December 2019 IPWA put on their third return event IPWA Cinema City Wrestling It was held at Cinema City in Ramat Hasharon and drew over 300 people No ResultsStipulationsTimes1Tal Bar On defeated Shay Blanco Black Leopard Ori Gold Amit MagneziFatal five way15 172White Leopard defeated Gal BarkaySingles match7 563Idan Boulder and Rixon Ruas defeated Iceman Ben Rozin and Sharon Platinum PaltyTag team match10 104Gaya Glass defeated Molly SpartanSingles match6 025Darby Allin c defeated Rabbi SwissaSingles match for the NEW Heavyweight Championship2 026Sammy Guevara defeated Yuval GoldshmitSingles match9 327Hadar Horovitz defeated Ken Kerbis Note 1 Singles match7 258Matt Sydal c defeated Bad Ass Billy GunnSingles match for the IPWA Heavyweight Championship14 31 c the champion s heading into the match Lior Libman was injured few days before the event and therefore he was unable to compete in the match Roster editLast known roster edit Rabbi Swissa Hellboy Guy Landau Joey Tylec Killer Degani Lior Libman Sharon Palty Ivan Brovkin Khan Hannibal Johnny Horvitz Adam Blood Tomer Offner Rixon Ruas Boom Bregman Jack Dahma Jason Cruz Sean Hayes Maor Mizrahi Yokozuna Shavit Gaya Glass Alumni edit Aviv Maayan Tatanka Bad Ass Billy Gunn Little Guido Tomer Shalom Jay Lethal David Starr Matt Sydal Darby Allin Sammy Guevara Nadia Sapphire Molly SpartanIPWA Heavyweight Championship editIPWA Heavyweight ChampionshipDetailsPromotionIsraeli Pro Wrestling AssociationDate establishedJuly 24 2003Current champion s Matt SydalDate wonApril 21 2019StatisticsFirst champion s Gery RoifMost reignsGery Roif 6 times Longest reignMatt Sydal 1 649 days Shortest reignNew York Rozenfeld 34 minutes Oldest championHawaii Allen 28 years Youngest championOmry Balely 16 years Heaviest championTatanka 255 lb 116 kg Lightest championGery Roif 160 lb 73 kg The IPWA Heavyweight Championship is the only professional wrestling championship in the Israeli Pro Wrestling Association promotion At the end of 2002 Israeli professional wrestler Gery Roif announced a match between himself and Joey The Moalm Tylec to determine the first IPWA Heavyweight Champion The current champion is Matt Sydal who is in his first reign From the IPWA Heavyweight Championship s inception in 2003 9 there have been thirteen different title holders combining for eighteen championship reigns 10 Reigns edit Key No Overall reign numberReign Reign number for the specific championDays Number of days heldNo Champion Championship change Reign statistics Notes Ref Date Event Location Reign Days1 Gery Roif July 24 2003 N A Herzliya Israel 1 215 Roif defeated Joey Tylec to become the inaugural champion 2 Nadav Arbel February 24 2004 IPWA Netanya Havoc Netanya Israel 1 lt 1 Arbel defeated Gery Roif in the semifinals of a tournament in which the championship was on the line in every match that the champion is in 3 Evgeny Lyder February 24 2004 IPWA Netanya Havoc Netanya Israel 1 49 Defeated Nadav Arbel in the same tournament s final 4 New York Rosenfeld April 13 2004 IPWA Passover Bash Netanya Israel 1 lt 15 Gery Roif April 13 2004 IPWA Passover Bash Netanya Israel 2 846 Joey Tylec July 6 2004 IPWA Summersplash Netanya Israel 1 2967 Gery Roif April 28 2005 IPWA Passover Bash Netanya Israel 3 203 This was a three way match also involving Hawaii Allen 8 Omry Balely November 17 2005 IPWA 5th Dimension Catch Tel Aviv Israel 1 103 This was a four way match also involving Hawaii Allen and Sharon Palty 9 Hawaii Allen February 28 2006 IPWA Holy Land Havoc Tel Aviv Israel 1 403 Vacated April 7 2007 Hawaii Allen was stripped of the championship 10 Sharon Palty June 9 2007 N A Tel Aviv Israel 1 704 Palty defeated Yossi The Bull in a tournament final to win the vacant championship 11 Yossi the Bull May 13 2009 IPWA Israeli Wrestling 2009 Tel Aviv Israel 1 476 Vacated September 1 2010 Yossi the Bull was stripped of the championship in September 2010 12 Rabbi Swissa July 14 2011 IPWA Summersplash Netanya Israel 4 399 Swissa defeated Lior Libman in the finals of an eight man tournament to win the vacant championship 13 Tatanka August 16 2012 IPWA Wrestling Supershow Netanya Israel 1 7 Vacated August 23 2012 Tatanka was stripped of the championship after he couldn t defend it 14 Rabbi Swissa August 23 2012 IPWA Summer Splash Netanya Israel 5 151 Swissa defeated Ken Kerbis in the finals of a ten men gauntlet match to win the vacant championship 15 Hellboy January 21 2013 IPWA Music and Wrestling Tel Aviv Israel 1 182 Vacated July 22 2013 Hellboy was stripped of the championship 16 Lior Libman September 7 2013 IPWA Wrestling In The Dead Sea Kalya Israel 1 224 Libman defeated Leonardo to win the vacant championship Deactivated April 19 2014 Jerusalem Israel The IPWA ceases promoting events on April 19 2014 17 Rabbi Swissa April 1 2019 N A Netanya Israel 6 2018 Matt Sydal April 21 2019 IPWA Passover Bash Lehavot Haviva Israel 1 1 649 Combined reigns edit Indicates the current championRank Champion No ofreigns Combineddays1 Matt Sydal 1 1 649 2 Gery Roif Rabbi Swissa 6 1 0723 Sharon Palty 1 7044 Yossi the Bull 1 4765 Hawaii Allen 1 4666 Joey Tylec 1 2967 Lior Libman 1 2238 Hellboy 1 1829 Omry Balely 1 10310 Evgeny Lyder 1 4911 Tatanka 1 712 Nadav Arbel 1 lt 1New York Rosenfeld 1 lt 1See also editProfessional wrestling in Israel Sports in IsraelReferences edit Gery Roif Profile Online World of Wrestling Archived from the original on December 7 2022 Retrieved February 27 2023 Pro Wrestling Blue and white Style Welcome to the Haus Haaretz 2009 05 13 Retrieved 2017 11 22 Passover Bash s event www ipwa co il Retrieved 2019 03 21 PRO WRESTLING INVADES ISRAEL FOR PASSOVER Jerusalem Post www jpost com Retrieved 2019 04 22 ROH WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP TO BE DEFENDED IN ISRAEL www rohwrestling com 21 February 2019 Retrieved 2019 03 21 Wrestler Starr slams Sinclair in politically charged promo removes it World News Jerusalem Post www jpost com Retrieved 2019 03 21 Wrestling s Ring of Honor world championship to be held in Israel WIN 26 February 2019 Retrieved 2019 03 21 Grabianowski Ed 13 January 2006 How Pro Wrestling Works HowStuffWorks Discovery Communications Archived from the original on November 29 2013 Retrieved March 5 2012 Solie s Title Histories IPWA ISREALI sic PRO WRESTLING ASSOCIATION www solie org Retrieved 2017 12 01 Tanabe Hisaharu I P W A Heavyweight Title Wrestling Titles com Retrieved 2007 07 22 External links editResults at Online World of Wrestling Official IPWA English website Official IPWA website Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Israeli Pro Wrestling Association amp oldid 1160108087 IPWA Heavyweight Championship, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
